{"product_id":"the-witchcraft-reader-9781138565425","title":"The Witchcraft Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Witchcraft Reader\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe witch trials of the late Middle Ages and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have inspired a huge and expanding scholarly literature, as well as an outpouring of popular representations. This fully revised and enlarged third edition brings together many of the best and most important works in the field. It explores the origins of witchcraft prosecutions in learned and popular culture, fears of an imaginary witch cult, the role of religious division and ideas about the Devil, the gendering of suspects, the making of confessions and the decline of witch beliefs. An expanded final section explores the various revivals and images of witchcraft that continue to flourish in contemporary Western culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEquipped with an extensive introduction that foregrounds sign\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedieval origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Richard Kieckhefer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCH TRIALS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE (1976)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Norman Cohn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DEMONISATION OF MEDIEVAL HERETICS (1975)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Michael D. Bailey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHCRAFT AND REFORM IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES (2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Hans Peter Broedel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WITCHCRAFT (2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Charles Zika\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eULRICH MOLITOR AND THE IMAGERY OF WITCHCRAFT (2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft, magic and fear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Robin Briggs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EXPERIENCE OF BEWITCHMENT (2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Euan Cameron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPIRITS IN POPULAR BELIEF (2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Joyce Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHES AND CHARMERS IN SCOTLAND (2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Edward Bever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MEDICAL EFFECTS OF WITCHCRAFT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (2000)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Wolfgang Behringer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWEATHER, HUNGER AND FEAR: ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN WITCH- HUNTS IN CLIMATE, SOCIETY AND MENTALITY (1995)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART THREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea of a witch cult\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Jacqueline Simpson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARGARET MURRAY’S WITCH CULT (1994)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 H. C. Erik Midelfort\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEARTLAND OF THE WITCHCRAZE (1981)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Gustav Henningsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM DREAM CULT TO WITCHES’ SABBATH (1993)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 É va P ó cs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE ALTERNATIVE WORLD OF THE WITCHES’ SABBAT (1993)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Stuart Clark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINVERSION, MISRULE AND THE MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT (1980)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART FOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft and the Reformation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Stuart Clark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePROTESTANT WITCHCRAFT, CATHOLIC WITCHCRAFT (1997)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Alison Rowlands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA LUTHERAN RESPONSE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC (1996)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Gary K. Waite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANABAPTISTS AND THE DEVIL (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART FIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft and authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Gerhild Scholz Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePIERRE DE LANCRE AND THE BASQUE WITCH- HUNT (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Brian P. Levack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTATE- BUILDING AND WITCH HUNTING IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (1996)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 William Monter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHCRAFT, CONFESSIONALISM AND AUTHORITY (2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART SIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft, possession and the Devil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 H. C. Erik Midelfort\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DEVIL AND THE GERMAN PEOPLE (1989)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Charlotte- Rose Millar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DEVIL AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS IN ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT (2017)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Kathleen Sands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SOCIAL MEANINGS OF DEMONIC POSSESSION (2004)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 Sarah Ferber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eECSTASY, POSSESSION, WITCHCRAFT (2004)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26 Elisa Slattery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHANN WEYER AND THE DEVIL (1994)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART SEVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft and gender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 Karen Jones and Michael Zell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWOMEN AND WITCHCRAFT BEFORE THE “GREAT WITCH- HUNT” (2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28 Jane P. Davidson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MYTH OF THE PERSECUTED FEMALE HEALER (1993)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 Elizabeth Reis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAMNED WOMEN IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND (1997)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 Clive Holmes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWOMEN, WITNESSES AND WITCHES (1993)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 E. J. Kent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMASCULINITY AND MALE WITCHES IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND (2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART EIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading confessions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32 Virginia Krause\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND DEMONOLOGY (2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 Louise Jackson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHES, WIVES AND MOTHERS (1995)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 Lyndal Roper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOEDIPUS AND THE DEVIL (1994)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART NINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decline of witchcraft 375\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 Brian P. Levack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT PROSECUTIONS (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36 Marion Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DECLINE OF THE WITCHCRAFT PAMPHLET (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37 Owen Davies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eURBANIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT: AN EXAMINATION OF LONDON (1997)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 Marijke Gijswijt- Hofsra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHCRAFT AFTER THE WITCH TRIALS (1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 Diane Purkiss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMODERN WITCHES AND THEIR PAST (1996)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40 Ethan Doyle White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWICCA AS WITCHCRAFT (2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 Jean La Fontaine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHCRAFT AND SATANIC ABUSE (1998)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e42 Marion Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHARRY POTTER IN AMERICA (2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43 Julian Goodare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMODERN WESTERN IMAGES OF WITCHES (2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019500519767,"sku":"9781138565425","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138565425.jpg?v=1750780453","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-witchcraft-reader-9781138565425","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}